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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Navy
  • Service Unit/Ship: Submarine Service, USS Catfish (SS 339); USS Carbonero (SS 337)
  • Location of Service: Naval Reserve Station (NRS), Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California; Gulfport, Mississippi; New London, Connecticut; Groton, Connecticut; Pacific Theater
  • Highest Rank: Quartermaster Third Class
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/32707

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Interview / Recording

About this Item

Title

  • Hughes Carlton Terry Collection

Names

  • Ockerman, Darlene Wanda
  • Jamie Davis
  • West High School
  • Mike Miller
  • Terry, Hughes Carlton
  • Miller, Molly

Home State

  • California

Headings

  • -  Terry, Hughes Carlton
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Navy.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Male

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Navy
    • Service Unit/Ship: Submarine Service, USS Catfish (SS 339); USS Carbonero (SS 337)
    • Location of Service: Naval Reserve Station (NRS), Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California; Gulfport, Mississippi; New London, Connecticut; Groton, Connecticut; Pacific Theater
    • Highest Rank: Quartermaster Third Class
    • Dates of Service: 1945-1948
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: As a teenager in high school, veteran has vivid memories of following the progress of WWII for three and a half years prior to his volunteering for the Naval Air Corps in 5/1945. He passed all the entrance exams (physical and mental) then waited to be called for flight training. However, the war was "winding down." Eventually, while still 17, he requested to be sworn in to the Regular Navy and was immediately sent to boot camp in San Diego. When he was given the chance to volunteer for Submarine School he was accepted there. Like many other servicemen, the dropping of the atom bombs spared us from taking part in the invasion of Japan's homeland. If that had happened (the invasion) there would have been catastrophic losses of the men from both countries. As proof of that opinion, note what did happen when the US invaded Iwo Jima and Okinawa Islands late in the war. The Japanese refused to surrender even when heavily outnumbered. They fought almost to the last man, while the US suffered heavy losses as well. The atom bombs saved lives...especially ours!

Materials

  • Photograph: Digital print [7 items] -- Photographs (collected 1945-1998)
  • Video: VHS [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-05-31)
  • Manuscript: Military Papers [9 items] -- (collected 1947-1948)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/32707

Online Format

  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Ockerman, Darlene Wanda, Jamie Davis, West High School, Mike Miller, Hughes Carlton Terry, and Molly Miller. Hughes Carlton Terry Collection. 1945. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.32707/.

APA citation style:

Ockerman, D. W., Jamie Davis, West High School, Mike Miller, Terry, H. C. & Miller, M. (1945) Hughes Carlton Terry Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.32707/.

MLA citation style:

Ockerman, Darlene Wanda, et al. Hughes Carlton Terry Collection. 1945. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.32707/>.